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((Short description|Exorcism intended to "remove" homosexuality from an individual))
'''Gay exorcisms''',<ref name=Pelton1979 >((citation | last=Pelton | first=Robert W. | year=1979 | title=Confrontations with the Devil! | publisher=A. S. Barnes | isbn=978-0-498-01807-7 | page=149 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=jdlxTpQWIkQC))</ref> similar to [[exorcism|demonic exorcisms]], are where an [[exorcist]] evicts "homosexual [[demon]]s"<ref name=Shidlo2002 >((citation | last1=Shidlo | first1=Ariel | year=2002 | title=Sexual conversion therapy: ethical, clinical, and research perspectives | last2=Schroeder | first2=Michael | last3=Drescher | first3=Jack | publisher=Routledge | isbn=978-0-7890-1911-0 | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1jYuientrGoC | page=79 ))</ref> or other spiritual entities from an [[LGBT]] individual. These exorcisms are intended to "remove" [[homosexuality]] from an individual. Reports of these exorcisms still occur in modern times, but are usually kept secret within the church.<ref>((cite news|newspaper=The Associated Press|date=May 4, 1990|title=Gay Rights Activists Blast Program Claiming Homosexual Reversal|first=Robert |last=Mims))</ref><ref>((cite news|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle|date=June 12, 2005|title=In The Shadows Of Hate; Many Gay Teens Are Living With Scars Of Abuse; Whether they're mean words or violent attacks, the pain can shatter the lives of youths already struggling to find acceptance, advocates say|first=Allan |last=Turner))</ref>

==Cases==
Rev. Dr. Roland Stringfellow, a minister in California,<ref>((cite web |title=Staff & Interns - CLGS |url=https://clgs.org/about-clgs/staff/ |website=clgs.org |publisher=Center for LGBTQ and Gender Studies in Religion |access-date=11 August 2020))</ref> said he had been subjected to anti-gay exorcism himself in the 1990s, which “caused nothing but shame and embarrassment”.<ref name=Guardian2009>((cite news |title=YouTube video shows church 'exorcism' of gay teenager: Manifested Glory Ministries denies any wrongdoing but gay advocates demand an investigation |last=Pidd |first=Helen |date=25 June 2009 |newspaper=The Observer |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2009/jun/25/gay-exorcism-youtube-video))</ref>

In 2009 a case in [[Connecticut]] was recorded on video. A 16-year-old boy was beaten in a church for 20 minutes by a group of church leaders acting as exorcists shouting "sacraments" such as, "Pray out the gay!", and "Foul Queer, be not here!" . The video was later released on [[YouTube]].<ref>((cite web |first=Andrew |last=Ramos |url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/wpix-gay-exorcism-causes-outrage,1,5852673.story |title=Apparent Gay Exorcism in Conn. Church Causes Outrage |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=24 June 2009 |access-date=2010-02-27 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110130053855/http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/wire/wpix-gay-exorcism-causes-outrage,1,5852673.story |archive-date=30 January 2011 ))</ref><ref>((cite web |url=http://www.nbcnews.com/id/31528426 |title=Church's gay exorcism video creates stir |work=NBC News |date=25 June 2009 |access-date=2010-02-27))</ref><ref>((cite web|last=Bolcer |first=Julie |url=http://www.advocate.com/article.aspx?id=83431 |title=Church Posts Gay "Exorcism" Video |publisher=Advocate.com |date=June 25, 2009 |access-date=2010-02-28))</ref>

==See also==
* [[Christianity and homosexuality]]
* [[Conversion therapy]]
* [[Exorcism]]
* [[Ex-gay]]

==References==
((reflist|2))

[[Category:Exorcism in Christianity]]
[[Category:LGBT and Christianity]]
[[Category:Sexual orientation change efforts]]
[[Category:LGBT-related controversies]]
[[Category:Homophobia]]

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